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Paper Girl A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America

Beth Macy

An Instant National Bestseller • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 • Named a Best Book of the Year by Urbana, Ohio, was not a utopia when Beth Macy grew up there in the ’70s and ’80s—certainly not for her family. Her dad was known as...

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The memoir was presented as a deeply reported look at Macy's fractured hometown, her family and the double meaning of her childhood paper route. It was highlighted several times as her newest book about home and family in a fractured America.

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Macy's new book is Paper Girl, a memoir of home and family in a fractured America.

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The memoir was presented as a deeply reported look at Macy's fractured hometown, her family and the double meaning of her childhood paper route. It was highlighted several times as her newest book about home and family in a fractured America.

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Macy's new book is Paper Girl, a memoir of home and family in a fractured America.

The book is called Paper Girl, which has a double meaning. I mean, you delivered papers as a kid to your neighbors, and you then spent many, many years working for a daily newspaper.

We are speaking with Beth Macy. Her new book is Paper Girl, a memoir of home and family in a fractured America.

Beth Macy's new book is Paper Girl, a memoir of home and family in a fractured America.

All In with Chris Hayes

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All In with Chris Hayes

Chris Hayes introduced the memoir, noting that it examined his author's Ohio hometown and the way the community had been hollowed out and increasingly embraced MAGA sentiment. He expressed that he enjoyed the conversation about the book and encouraged listeners to check it out. The discussion highlighted the book's relevance to understanding the cultural shifts in fractured America.

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Chris Hayes introduced Beth Macy's memoir, noting it explored her Ohio hometown and the hollowingout of her community amid the rise of MAGA sentiment, and he said he enjoyed the conversation.

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It's called Paper Girl, A Memoir of Home and Family in Fractured America, where she kind of goes back to her Ohio town and reports about the place she grew up that has been hollowed out and has ended up kind of embracing the MAGA message.

I really enjoyed the conversation. Please check it out on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.

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